Summary

This study contains data on over 13,000 foreign
conflict acts of 113 nations in the period 1950-1968. Data are
provided for actor and object, either of which may refer to
nations, colonies, international organizations, or groups in
rebellion against national authority and involved in
international relations. Data are also provided for official
and unofficial acts, which are categorized into violent and
nonviolent acts. Violent acts are further categorized into
planned and unplanned acts, as well as unclassified acts. These
include warning or defensive acts related to a developing
conflict situation, threat, war, clash, or negative behavior
such as blockade, embargo, or diplomatic rebuff of one nation
by another. Nonviolent acts include boycott and anti-foreign
demonstrations. The source of the data as well as measures of
its reliability is also coded.

Time Period(s)

Universe

A total of 13,139 foreign conflict acts of 113 nations
in the period 1950-1968.

Data Source

(1) NEW YORK TIMES, (2) NEW YORK TIMES INDEX,
(3) CHICAGO TRIBUNE, (4) TIME MAGAZINE, (5) NATIONAL BROADCASTING
CORPORATION (NBC) NEWS, (6) CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBS)
NEWS, (7) NEW HAVEN REGISTER, (8) New York Radio Station WQXR NEWS,
(9) CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, and (10) LIFE MAGAZINE